Bladeca
28-01-2009, 07:38 PM
Up at 2am to make the trip to be at noosa for a 4am launch to go chase some mackeral. Before we left the Tewantin ramp, wayno threw the cast net trying to get some decent size boney bream to feed to the spotties. Only managed to get a couple of decent size ones rest were too small. Jumped in the boat and headed down the river.
Got to the bar about 4:50 with enough light to see rather large breakers :o coming in across it with the tide still going out but must have been near the bottom. First couple of sets were rather lumpy and got the boat crashing over them. Just about to the back of the line when one wave sat right up and started to crumble with us starting to go up it. Tim managed to get power on and get up it before it broke but we went fairly straight up off the top of it. Landed back fair in the low point with a huge thud. Now we were faced with another mongrel sitting up but this one was bigger and had started to break. As we were going up the face of it all I could think of was the simpson's version of the perfect storm with the crew going "SHIIIIIIIIIPWRECK'. Boat fired off the top of it at as close to perfectly vertical as you could get. It was a long way down. As we landed the motor cut out but thankfully we were clear of the breakers and got it started fairly quickly. At least we put on a good show for a couple of blokes fishing at the end carpark of the river.
The swell and sea were fairly big so we decided to motor over to the Jew Shoal to run baits around it. Swam out a couple of rigged pillies and a hardbody. Getting closer to the mark the swell was getting bigger and was sitting up with some breaking on the top. Motored around for about an hour with not a touch. Weren't even able to get spotties interested in a slug being thrown. Big seas and the wind blowing we decided to call it a day. Headed back in with still big breakers on the bar. Rode in on the back of 1 to get us over safely. Back at the ramp by 6:45.
I'm sure all three of us are going to be sore tomorrow.
Got to the bar about 4:50 with enough light to see rather large breakers :o coming in across it with the tide still going out but must have been near the bottom. First couple of sets were rather lumpy and got the boat crashing over them. Just about to the back of the line when one wave sat right up and started to crumble with us starting to go up it. Tim managed to get power on and get up it before it broke but we went fairly straight up off the top of it. Landed back fair in the low point with a huge thud. Now we were faced with another mongrel sitting up but this one was bigger and had started to break. As we were going up the face of it all I could think of was the simpson's version of the perfect storm with the crew going "SHIIIIIIIIIPWRECK'. Boat fired off the top of it at as close to perfectly vertical as you could get. It was a long way down. As we landed the motor cut out but thankfully we were clear of the breakers and got it started fairly quickly. At least we put on a good show for a couple of blokes fishing at the end carpark of the river.
The swell and sea were fairly big so we decided to motor over to the Jew Shoal to run baits around it. Swam out a couple of rigged pillies and a hardbody. Getting closer to the mark the swell was getting bigger and was sitting up with some breaking on the top. Motored around for about an hour with not a touch. Weren't even able to get spotties interested in a slug being thrown. Big seas and the wind blowing we decided to call it a day. Headed back in with still big breakers on the bar. Rode in on the back of 1 to get us over safely. Back at the ramp by 6:45.
I'm sure all three of us are going to be sore tomorrow.